Friday, March 7, 2008

Schools Out

Yes, the end of term one and the start of a one-week break.

But, what break? A busy, busy week ahead despite the "break".

We have a dental operation on Monday for S (she has to remove 6 teeth),Make-up mandarin class on Tuesday for both S & NInterschools chess tournament on Wednesday for SEnrichment class for both S&N on Thursday (as usual)Interschools Chess Tournament for N on Friday.

Not counting the homework the school has dished out to the children to be done during the break, portfolios and projects which are due just after the break.Seems pretty back breaking for me.

Sometimes I wonder why the school call it a term break when the kids still have so much work to do during that time. Cant they just have some time: To stand and stare? To smell the roses? To laze about and be kids? To do nothing?

Looks like the only one that can have a break is little D - but her school is a child-care, so it continues as usual. AND I am so tempted to just send her.

7 comments:

Hehehe...it's the same over in my camp here. All of them need to be back to school. Mon throught to Fri. Eldest, dance, 2nd, supplementary classes, youngest table tennis intensive training for the interschool competition after the march holiday. The one week break applies to the school buses only.

Don't worry SHAM,your daughter should be doing fine after operation.Yup it's reallynot fair for the kids.My kids don't have any any homework for any school holiday breaks.The kids should enjoy the break and have fun.Happy weekend :)